Morrow is close to NHL ready, Harrington has played fantastic this year and made Canadas WJC team(great pick Ray), Uher was over a PPG in the WHL with 33 goals and has grit , Archibald played on the US WJC team as a freshman in D1, and Wilson was the best freshman in D1 last year for UMASS-Lowell

Looks like we did get quite a bit of contributions already, with potential to get much much more soon.

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If Zetterburg and Datsyuk don't pan out, how is the Wings drafting them a shrewd move? It was a low-risk, high reward draft pick that worked. I give the Wings credit for picking them. But at the same time, they were late round draft picks.

In the 1998 draft, Fischer and Datsyuk are the only 2 players of note. In the 1999 draft, Zetterberg is the only player to have any length of playing time in the NHL.

3 players out of 2 drafts is not really what I would consider to be greatest drafters ever. But, getting 2 all-stars late is rather unheard of and I do give the Red Wings credit for drafting them. But I refuse to call the moves "shrewd"

Why Not Us wrote:I think Atlanta was more after Armstrong & Christensen than Esposito. Giving him credit for getting Hossa & Dupuis is a reach.

He got one of the best wings in the game and a guy who has continued to consistently produce after the trade for 2 3rd-liners-at-best and a 1st round bust... I don't see how you can't give him credit.

Esposito shouldn't get any credit, not Shero. He was a throw in. Thrashers management said they wanted Armstrong or no deal. So to say things like "Esposito got Dupuis" is not true. The deal would've been done without him.

Why Not Us wrote:I think Atlanta was more after Armstrong & Christensen than Esposito. Giving him credit for getting Hossa & Dupuis is a reach.

He got one of the best wings in the game and a guy who has continued to consistently produce after the trade for 2 3rd-liners-at-best and a 1st round bust... I don't see how you can't give him credit.

Esposito shouldn't get any credit, not Shero. He was a throw in. Thrashers management said they wanted Armstrong or no deal. So to say things like "Esposito got Dupuis" is not true. The deal would've been done without him.

Look, I'll grant you that Straight has been a bit of a disappointment so far, but Shero has also drafted Curve, Angle, Swirl, Crooked, and that kid out of Slovakia, Zigzag. Those kids might still pan out.

Also, I think the Stars are the new Red Wings in terms of late round success...their 5th rounders do very well...

I don't want to diminish what Hakan Andersson has done in Detroit though...he also found Alexander Edler, but the Canucks got word that he went to see Edler twice and picked him without seeing him play...so he should get credit there too.